Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Application overview
Use of the site as a Sui Generis scrap yard - collection, storage, sorting, processing, recycling and sale of scrap metal and other salvaged materials.
Proposal details
- Reference
- 26/002496/CLE
- Alternative references
- PP-15018267
- Development type
- Cert of Lawfulness (Existing) (CLE)
- Ward
- Eye, Thorney & Newborough
- Parish
- Thorney CP
- Agent
- Machin
- UPRN
- MAN000000000819108
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Application FormDCAPFORM | 17 Jun 2026 | View |
| Supporting StatementDCSUPDOC | 17 Jun 2026 | View |
| Title Plan - Location PlanDCPLANS | 17 Jun 2026 | View |
| Site Location Plan - 0324-01DCPLANS | 23 Jun 2026 | View |
| Statutory DeclarationDCSUPDOC | 23 Jun 2026 | View |
| 26/002496/CLE- DecisionDCDEC | 20 Aug 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Decision due date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceDecision expiry date
Published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
26/002496/CLE- DecisionPlanning conditions
- The application sought a Certificate of Lawful Existing Use under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for the use of land at Wryde Works, New Cut, Thorney as a sui generis scrap yard. The submitted evidence included a supporting statement, statutory declaration, historic planning permission, waste management documentation, Environment Agency records, business rates information and historical aerial imagery. Planning permission was granted in 1965 for a scrap metal depot at the site and the evidence demonstrates that the land has historically been used for the collection, storage, sorting, processing, recycling and sale of scrap metal and salvaged materials. Whilst the evidence confirms that the scale and intensity of operations has reduced over time, particularly following the death of the previous operator in 2021, there is insufficient evidence to indicate that the lawful use has been abandoned. The submitted statutory declaration confirms that the use was not intended to be abandoned, that no alternative use has commenced, and that relevant registrations and liabilities associated with the site have continued to be maintained. Historic aerial imagery reviewed by the Local Planning Authority demonstrates a gradual reduction in activity but does not identify a clear point at which the use ceased or was replaced by another use. Having assessed the evidence, the Local Planning Authority is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the lawful use of the land as a sui generis scrap yard continues to subsist and has not been abandoned. Accordingly, a Certificate of Lawful Existing Use and Development has been issued under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
